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I've always been a bit annoyed by *.zip files so I decided to make Windows installers for Minetest. Also for less computer-oriented people it should be more convenient to install and uninstall.

Today I made the installer for 0.3.1: http://www.mediafire.com/?0iimvmn8m8l9iac
I'll make an installer for the current 0.4 release soon.

The installer puts Minetest into your Program Files directory, adds shortcuts to the Start Menu, and adds a desktop icon.

I really need a 32x32 icon to go with the installer, because at the moment it's just a generic boring icon.

Use the Minetest site logo:

http://minetest.net/images/minetest-icon-120.png

(You'll need to scale it down of course)

That's what I tried, but the program I was using still wouldn't accept it.

needs to be in .ico for it to work. fuck you windows.

but the Gimp can make .ico files.

Unlike some other modern OS's that'll take anything from jpg to png to svg for an icon ;)

Jordach wrote:needs to be in .ico for it to work. fuck you windows.

+1'd, heh. You can convert images to .ico files using GIMP.

Also: I dislike installers, mainly because of occasional issues (such as permission errors).

VanessaE wrote:Unlike some other modern OS's that'll take anything from jpg to png to svg for an icon ;)

I didn't know SVG worked...

*tries it*

And whaddya know... is does work.

cheapie wrote:

VanessaE wrote:Unlike some other modern OS's that'll take anything from jpg to png to svg for an icon ;)

I didn't know SVG worked...

*tries it*

And whaddya know... is does work.

However, this hurts performance if you're viewing a lot of SVG files in a file manager, on slow computers.

Jordach wrote:needs to be in .ico for it to work. fuck you windows.

but the Gimp can make .ico files.

ik right i got Windows XP shitty edition and i couldnt even make a .ico file >:(

www.convertico.com

converts .png to .ico